The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
Pliilaniiiropic Turn.


by the common consent of his neigh.
tors, C.J. Hull, whose wealth is estimated
NJ f',ooo,ooo, is the queerest of the many
queer characters in Chicago, says the
rniiadelphia Times. There is no doubt
MI, Hull is queer, very queer; and what
makes MIN seem especially queer to Chi.
caso people is that, having made a com.
ioftaDie lortune himself, he should devote
MS time and portion Of his money tc
making other people comfortable. Mr..
Hulrs hobby is that of establishing labor.
ing men in houses of their own. He boasts
OF having put over two thousand families
III houses of their own in Chicago, nearly
as many in Lincoln, Neb., about one thou.
sand in Savannah, Ca, and several hun.
dred in Baltimore, His method Is to buy
suburban property cheaply, subdivide it
INTO small lots, and build homes upon
1t Tor working men. He has taken many
man without dollar, put him into his
own home and given him all the time he
needed to pay for his comfortable resi-.
dence. Some of Mr.. Hul's other queer
characteristics are not so benevolent az
the one above mentioned. He is a Con.
necticus Yankee, and very close fsted
IN his dealings outside of his transactions
with the class he desires to benefit. He
went to Chicago torty.one years ayu, aud
acquired his wealth by prudent invest.
ments in city real estate. He married
and had several children, but subsequent.
ly lost his entire family. One of his hob.
bles is an implicit belief in fish as brain
food. 1t Is told Of him that for over four
years he fed his family on Goldfish, having
no other meats on the table. Perhaps
thls may account for the early death
OF all but himself. Tho hired girl lived.
however, aud grew so aristocratic on this
phosphorescent diet that she refused to
work any longer, and as Mr.. Hull did not
propose matrimony, finally left him. He
always did the chores around the house,
blacking his own shoes and those Of
every body else, even 10 the servants. He
owned and drove buggy team, and when
one OF the horses died, instead of buying
another or using a pair of shafts, he
hltched up the surviving beast along side
tne pole, making very funny turnout,
In person Mr.. Hull is man of imposing
physique, six feet in height and ratri.
archlal in appearance. He still swings
heavy dumbbells and keeps himself in the
best possible physical condition. Like
many eccentric people, he is somewhat Of
literary turn, and has compiled a book
chiefly composed of terse epigrammatc
sentences from letters he has written dur.
ing the last thirty.five years, few of
which are subjoined:
Lawyers have not as much conscience
As the ten commandments require Of the
followers of the moral law. They do not
practice under that ancient code, and
perhaps regard it as repealed or unc onsti-
tutional"
"lf circumstances will not allow bow
to have mother. the next best relative
for him in the order of nature is a grand.
mother"
"rhe man who goes earliest to dinner at
; hotel has the best chance for a good |
hat"
Many men think they think, but those
who do think know IT."
Small men are always in fashion,
These quaint sayings show that If Mr.,
Hull is queer and cranky, there's method
II his madness. His success in business
also attests this fact, while his large
learted benevolence leads to the conclu.
ion that the word would be much the
'etter - people possessing Mr.. Hulps
'eculiar type Of queerness were more
plentiful.